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Muller, Retief
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dc.date.accessioned |
2009-04-29T09:45:50Z |
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dc.date.available |
2009-04-29T09:45:50Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2008 |
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dc.description.abstract |
This article discusses the persistence and transformation of rain rituals in contemporary African Christianity. It argues that the concept 'hybridity' might be a useful addition to the vocabulary of scholars studying contemporary global Christianity. The use of hybridity could replace ideologically loaded terms, such as syncretism, while still describing the interaction between different religious traditions on the phenomenological level. In Africa, as elsewhere, there are ongoing internal dialogues between the often divergent traditions represented in the worldviews of contemporary Christians. Under the concept hybridity, this internal inter-religious dialogue might be well described using non-pejorative, empirical language. |
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dc.description.uri |
http://explore.up.ac.za/record=b1525162 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Muller, R 2008, 'Rain rituals and hybridity in Southern Africa', Verbum et Ecclesia, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 819-831. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_verbum.html] |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1609-9982 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/9786 |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria |
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dc.rights |
Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria |
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dc.subject |
Rain rituals |
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dc.subject |
Inter-religious dialogue |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Hybridity (Social sciences) |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Rain-making rites |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Rites and ceremonies -- Africa, Southern |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Africa, Southern -- Religious life and customs |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Ritual -- Africa, Southern |
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Christianity and other religions -- African |
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Contemporary, The -- Religious aspects -- Christianity |
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Globalization -- Religious aspects -- Christianity |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Syncretism (Religion) |
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dc.title |
Rain rituals and hybridity in Southern Africa |
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dc.type |
Article |
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